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By Jill Dando News Wiltshire Police adopted three-year-old English Springer Spaniel Reggie in February 2024 from our Evesham centre. A former rescue dog adopted from Dogs Trust by Wiltshire Police has celebrated his first year of service as a police dog. Reggie excelled during training due to his enthusiastic nature
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By Jill Dando News Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm has become one of the first zoos in the UK to achieve accreditation by the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) and to be awarded the mark of excellence in animal care, conservation, and education. The rigorous accreditation
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By Jill Dando News Royal Air Force base’s partnership with Cornish charity Prickles and Paws is helping the region’s hedgehog population to flourish Prickles and Paws Hedgehog Rescue is delighted to share that it has released over 100 hedgehogs back into the wild at RAF St Mawgan since
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By Jill Dando News LOVABLE Lottie the Cavapoochon has been walking all over Lancashire, along with pupils from the six schools she visits, in the Top Dog challenge for Derian House Children’s Hospice. The goal of the four-legged fundraiser is to rack up 100km throughout February – equivalent to two
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By Jill Dando News A cat has been honored with an award for drawing customers into a charity shop in Somerset that she visits regularly. Eight-year-old Bean has been making daily visits to the Sue Ryder charity shop on Severn Drive in Taunton for the past five years, whenever the
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By Jill Dando News Mr. Biscuits was skinny, scratched and scarred when he was picked up as a stray and arrived in our care earlier this year. He was terrified and found it hard to trust people after all he’d been through. Mr. Biscuits had clearly been a stray
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By Jill Dando News A tiny homeless kitten took fate into her own paws when she approached a member of her new family on a cliff-top walk and encouraged him to take care of her. Little Bramble was no more than 10-12 weeks old and battling potentially fatal cat flu
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By Jill Dando News A tiny foal born to a mother who was rescued in one of our most complex and historic operations is thriving in sanctuary care three years on. Three-year-old Honey resides at our New Arrivals Unit in Devon alongside her mother Piglet, nine. However, the happy life
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By Jill Dando News Two projects dedicated to protecting the endangered Stone-curlew are celebrating their 40th anniversaries, with the bird's population more than doubling since the 1980s. These efforts, led by the RSPB in partnership with farmers, landowners, and other organizations, have significantly boosted Stone-curlew numbers across the
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By Animal Correspondent Baloo, a retired police dog, has been announced as the winner of The Kennel Club Hero Dog Award competition at Crufts 2025. Eight-year-old Baloo was a finalist in the Extraordinary Working Dog category with her owner, Mandy Chapman. In October 2018, while on duty, police dog Baloo
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By Fun Correspondent The most entertaining and joyful free photo competition in the world, the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards are back and open for your hilarious and wonderful wildlife images and videos. Thanks to the unbelievable success and positive reaction we had following last year’s competition, we are beyond
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By Jill Dando News Whipsnade Zoo’s four European Brown bears Mana, Minnie, Naya and Cinderella, have awoken after three months of deep slumber, signalling the start of spring at the UK’s largest zoo. The foursome were spotted frolicking through their woodland home and splashing in their pool in
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By Education and Animal Correspondents The cutest dogs have been on display after a free pet shoot at an amazing college. Dog lovers across Somerset, UK had the opportunity to book their pet pooches onto a free pet photoshoot in the photography studios at Weston’s College’s Loxton Campus.
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By Jill Dando News Whipsnade Zoo’s trio of 11-week-old Northern African lion cubs have had their first health check, allowing their excited keepers to finally learn the sexes of the conservation zoo’s newest arrivals. The zoo’s expert vet team and keepers carried out the cubs’ medical exam
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By Jill Dando News The Wildlife Trusts congratulate the UK Government’s decision to open the door for licenced reintroductions of beavers into the wild and its acknowledgment of the free-living populations in several parts of England. The Government announced that applications to return beavers into river catchments in England
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By Jill Dando News A groundbreaking study has discovered that humpback whale songs share statistical patterns found in human language, challenging long-held beliefs about the uniqueness of human communication. Led by Dr. Ellen Garland from the University of St Andrews, the research, published in Science on February 6, used methods